Talk:Macros

Confessions of a Frustrated Macro User

I'm using more macros in T4 than I did in T3. All the macros are from these donations. However, some of them do not run correctly on the first go. I found out that my monitor is (evidently) not exactly the same dimensions as noted in the macros. And while my hardware may say 1680 x 1050 it's not the precisely like one listed in the macro info text. So with the suggestions from Hikahi that I check the location/positions needed for the CC Macro from Galagah's contribution.

So, here's some tips if you are a macro "no-know-how".

• Get the AutoIt program. This has a handly screen position reader called AutoIt v3 Window Info. This tool will stay on top of the screen you are trying to measure and you can use CTRL+ALT+F to "freeze" the position you are measuring, so you can write it down.

• You want to measure the CLIENT, not the screen or the window. This is set in the Coord Mode option.

• The famous I don't know "Y" - Smaller Numbers->Larger Number go from Top to Bottom of the screen. So 74 is farther DOWN the Screen than 64. (I know - I didn't invent this)

Once you get everything measured - you gotta find the RIGHT SPOT in the macro to put it. In Galagah's Anka's CC macro these are lines that I needed to adjust cause my screen is just "off".

 // Original Y Coordinates - Don't change unless you are having a problem.
 // RegY = 74      // Y coord for Regulator button
 // BeginY = 245   // Y coord for Begin Button
 // HeatY = 156    // Y coord for Heat Bar
 // WoodY = 180    // Y coord for Wood Bar
 // WaterY = 192   // Y coord for Water Bar
 // DangerY = 204  // Y coord for Danger Bar
 // StatusY = 216  // Y coord for Status Bar
 // WoodBY = 250   // Y coord for Wood and Water buttons

 // These are what I had to change them too
 // RegY = 68      // Y coord for Regulator button
 // BeginY = 234   // Y coord for Begin Button
 // HeatY = 149    // Y coord for Heat Bar
 // WoodY = 173    // Y coord for Wood Bar
 // WaterY = 184   // Y coord for Water Bar
 // DangerY = 198  // Y coord for Danger Bar
 // StatusY = 209  // Y coord for Status Bar
 // WoodBY = 243   // Y coord for Wood and Water buttons